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Table 1 Effect of cryopreservation on sperm parameters in oligozoospermic neat semen samples

From: Normal seminal plasma could preserve human spermatozoa against cryopreservation damages in Oligozoospermic patients

Neat semen parameters

Before cryopreservation

(N = 55)

After cryopreservation (N = 55)

P < 0.001

Cry-thaw Prepared semen

Sperm volume (mL)

3.95 ± 1.6

–

–

–

Sperm count (106/mL)

10.65 ± 2.88

9.21 ± 1.48

–

8.23 ± 1.65

Viability %

52.24 ± 1.71

19.97 ± 1.19

***

28.94 ± 0.98

Normal morphology %

4.03 ± 0.45

1.67 ± 0.30

***

2.35 ± 0.43

Motility %

24.70 ± 1.83

9.70 ± 0.88

***

19.00 ± 1.42

DNA fragmentation %

37.94 ± 3.06

62.03 ± 3.31

***

52.46 ± 4.67

  1. Data are represented as mean ± SEM
  2. Student t-test: values between sperm parameters before and after cryopreservation; ***: significant at P < 0.001
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BMC Molecular and Cell Biology

ISSN: 2661-8850

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